EP. 306: Scaling Up Our Efforts to Expand Public Access Across the Country

Host Bob St.Pierre was joined last weekend at National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic in Kansas City by PF & QF’s Permanent Habitat Programs Manager John Laux and onX Hunt’s Marketing Manager Ben Brettingen for a conversation focused on public access for hunters. And thanks to a significant multi-year financial commitment from onX Hunt, PF & QF has announced the organization’s Public Access To Habitat (PATH) program is now expanding to a national scale. Episode Highlights: • Laux recounts the origin story of PATH connected to the Aberdeen Pheasant Coalition and its rapid expansion across South Dakota with now more than 25,000 acres of PATH enrolled in the state over the first two years. • Laux also discusses the program’s explosion into Nebraska with 44,000 acres enrolled within a target area of Keith, Deuel, Garden, Arthur, Lincoln and Cheyenne counties in just one year. • Brettingen provides first-hand testimony of hunting PATH acres in South Dakota and Nebraska over the last two seasons, then discusses onX Hunt’s commitment to helping create public hunting access through partnerships. onX Hunt is a proud supporter of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever and they want to thank everyone who gives back to the birds we all love to hunt and the places they call home. Click this link to get a free month of onX Hunt and then use code PFQF to get 20% off, and a portion will go back to supporting Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s wildlife habitat mission.